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ASSESSMENT
But how did the Atomic Theory of Matter develop, and how
was it proved?
In the mid ‘80’s a tool was developed which for the first
time allowed scientists to actually “see” individual atoms
and molecules.
Surface of graphite as
imaged by a scanning
tunneling microscope
Law of Conservation of Mass
1775 - Lavoisier
“Father of Modern Chemistry”
Joseph Proust
In a given chemical compound, the proportions by mass
of the elements that compose it are fixed, regardless of
the source of the compound.
Mass of Br reacted =
Mass of SnBr4 formed - mass of Sn reacted
Grams of Sn reacted Grams of Br reacted
2.8445 10.4914 - 2.8445 = 7.6469
3.0125 11.1086 - 3.0125 = 8.0961
4.5236 16.6752 - 4.5236 = 12.1516
(mass of Sn reacted)
(mass of Br reacted)
0.3721
0.3721
0.3723
Dalton’s Atomic Theory
electron
positive sphere
of charge
Rutherford’s conducted further experiments which
contradicted Thompson’s model.
Since the number of protons (and electrons) differ, their MASS differ.
Hence atoms of different elements have different masses.
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